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Brotou do solo pobre da Jamaica, de corpos que atravessaram o Atl\u00e2ntico acorrentados e de gera\u00e7\u00f5es que aprenderam a sobreviver transformando a dor em ritmo, a opress\u00e3o em ora\u00e7\u00e3o. Mas a m\u00fasica que a dor produz n\u00e3o conhece fronteiras geogr\u00e1ficas e o que a Groundation fez foi precisamente isso: levar essa chama para fora da ilha, aliment\u00e1-la com outros combust\u00edveis, e devolv\u00ea-la ao mundo com uma intensidade que Bob Marley, com certeza, reconheceria como sua.<\/p>\n<p>A Groundation nasceu em 1998 no campus da Universidade de Sonoma, no norte da Calif\u00f3rnia, dentro de um programa de jazz. Harrison Stafford, o seu l\u00edder e voz, estudava jazz quando formou o grupo. Filho e neto de m\u00fasicos de jazz, cresceu a ouvir Count Basie com a mesma naturalidade com que descobria os Wailers.<\/p>\n<p>Este cruzamento de mundos n\u00e3o foi acidente nem pose: foi a mat\u00e9ria-prima de algo genuinamente novo. Entre 1999 e 2001, Stafford lecionou o primeiro curso acreditado sobre a hist\u00f3ria do <em>reggae<\/em> numa universidade p\u00fablica californiana porque para ele, antes de tocar, era preciso compreender. E compreendeu t\u00e3o bem que ajudou a redefinir o que o <em>reggae<\/em> americano poderia ser.<\/p>\n<p>O nome \u201cGroundation\u201d vem de uma cerim\u00f3nia rastaf\u00e1ri que celebra a liga\u00e7\u00e3o \u00e0 terra e \u00e0s origens. Uma s\u00edntese perfeita do que o grupo viria a representar: m\u00fasica como ritual e consci\u00eancia.<\/p>\n<p>Em 2002, o \u00e1lbum <em>Hebron Gate<\/em> lan\u00e7ou a Groundation para a notoriedade internacional e Fran\u00e7a tornou-se, quase de imediato, uma segunda p\u00e1tria para a banda. Desde ent\u00e3o constru\u00edram uma discografia que mistura reggae roots tradicional com improvisa\u00e7\u00e3o jazz\u00edstica, ritmos funk, efeitos dub e camadas afro-cubanas e latinas, sempre com a consci\u00eancia social que \u00e9 marca registada do <em>roots reggae<\/em>: a luta pela justi\u00e7a, a cr\u00edtica \u00e0 gan\u00e2ncia, o apelo \u00e0 unidade. Ao longo dos anos colaboraram com lendas como Don Carlos, The Congos, Apple Gabriel e Israel Vibration ligando deliberadamente a corrente entre gera\u00e7\u00f5es.<\/p>\n<p>Em 2025, a Groundation lan\u00e7ou o seu 11.\u00ba \u00e1lbum de est\u00fadio, <em>Candle Burning<\/em>. Uma viagem musical que n\u00e3o se demora no negativo, mas abra\u00e7a a luz, o fogo e a vida que ardem dentro de n\u00f3s. O disco conta com colabora\u00e7\u00f5es de Alpha Blondy, Mutabaruka, Thomas Mapfumo e Mykal Rose. 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